THE DEER^ 
his little flock feeding and mounted 
the hill where he could look back on 
his own track. There he had been 
watching me for half an hour, till 
I approached too near, when he 
sounded the alarm and was off. I 
read it all from the trail a few 
moments later. 
It was of no use to follow him, for 
he ran straight down wind. The two 
others had gone quartering off at right 
angles to his course, obeying his sig- 
nal promptly but having as yet no idea 
of what danger followed them. When 
alarmed in this way deer never run 
far before halting every few moments 
to sniff and listen. Then, if not dis- 
turbed, they run off again, circling 
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WINTER TRAILS 
